Gandhinagar: Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that Gujarat is emerging as a global hub in the automobile sector. After signing of the State Support Agreement(SSA) agreement with Maruti Suzuki for its manufacturing facility, Modi said that Gujarat has emerged as a prominent global hub in the automobile sector. "The journey started with Tata Nano, Ford, Peugeot, and now Maruti has entered in Gujarat which will strengthen the...
01:30 AM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: Country's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India on Saturday said it will invest Rs 4,000 crore, its biggest ever outside Haryana, to set up a new production facility in Gujarat by 2015-16. Besides, components suppliers of the company are also likely to make an equal amount of investment to set up their respective plants at the location. Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) said the new 700-acre plant near Mehsana...
10:44 PM, Jun 02, 2012
New Delhi: Auto sales in India moderated in May with the country's largest car makers Maruti Suzuki, General Motors, Ford and TVS Motor posting declines in their numbers due to post-Budget price hikes, high interest rates and rising fuel prices. Hyundai Motor, Tata Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra, however, witnessed sales going up. During the month, the country's largest two-wheeler maker Hero MotoCorp registered its highest ever monthly sales. Maruti...
09:38 PM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki on Friday reported 4.99 per cent fall in total sales at 98,884 units for May. The company had sold 1,04,073 units in the same month last year, Maruti Suzuki India said in a statement. In May, MSI recorded domestic sales at 89,478 units, compared to 93,519 units in the year-ago period, registering a fall of 4.32 per cent. Similarly, MSI's exports went...
12:21 PM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: A day after petrol prices were hiked by an all-time record of Rs 7.50 per litre, leading car makers Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors and Hyundai Motor on Thursday announced discounts of up to Rs 50,000 on petrol models for a limited period. While the country's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India has offered a Rs 30,000 discount on its best selling small car Alto in order to stop...
07:59 PM, May 24, 2012
Maruti's first foray into the MPV segment, the Ertiga has been launched in India at a price of Rs 5.89 lakh for the base petrol variant, ex-Delhi. The Ertiga is being offered in six variants " three with a petrol engine and three with a diesel and will square off against the Innova and Xylo. It will be available in seven colours.The Ertiga uses familiar parts and bits from the...
05:08 PM, Apr 25, 2012
New Delhi: Car makers are hoping that bank will reduce interest rates on car loans following the RBI's cut on lending rates as the industry looks forward to overcome slow growth witnessed last fiscal. Describing RBI's cut in short term lending rate by 0.50 per cent to 8 per cent as "good direction", Maruti Suzuki India Managing Executive Officer Marketing and Sales Mayank Pareek said: "It will spur growth. I...
03:50 PM, Apr 17, 2012
Indore: Car major Maruti Suzuki on Saturday said it plans to invest Rs 2,000 crore in diesel engine manufacturing facility at its Gurgaon plant to meet the demand for Swift and Desire models. The company would manufacture 1.5 lakh diesel engines for Swift and Desire in the current year to meet the growing demand, Shashank Srivastava, chief general manager (marketing), said at a press conference after launching the new model...
07:01 PM, Apr 14, 2012
Out of the 15 million cars sold in India, Maruti Suzuki sells 10 million of them. That's the level of market share this manufacturer has in the Indian market. But in the MUV segment, Maruti dosen't have a strong vehicle. And this segment accounts for 14 per cent of the industry. More and more customers are looking to upgrade from a premium hatchback and this is the space which Maruti...
11:55 AM, Apr 13, 2012
New Delhi: Maruti Suzuki has finally launched the Ertiga MPV at a price of Rs 5.89 lakh for the base petrol variant, ex-Delhi. The Ertiga is being offered in six variants " three with a petrol engine and three with a diesel and will square off against the Innova and Xylo. It will be available in seven colours. The Ertiga uses familiar parts and bits from the Maruti kitty. Its...
02:08 PM, Apr 12, 2012
New Delhi: Car sales in India rose just 2.2 percent in the fiscal year that ended in March, a year to forget for automakers marked by demand-smothering high interest rates and rising fuel costs, but are seen posting double-digit growth this year. Sales rose an annual 19.7 percent in March, a fifth straight monthly increase, but still lower than the 30 percent growth seen in the 2010/11 fiscal year, before...
05:51 PM, Apr 10, 2012
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05:32 PM, Apr 07, 2012
New Delhi: The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India on Monday reported highest ever monthly sales in March at 1,25,952 units, 3.28 per cent jump from 1,21,952 units in the same month last year. For the entire 2011-12 financial year however, the company's sales declined by 10.80 per cent to 11,33,695 units from 12,71,005 units in 2010-11, Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) said in a statement. In March 2012, the Delhi-based...
11:34 AM, Apr 02, 2012
New Delhi: The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) has increased the prices of its vehicles by up to Rs 17,000 following the hike in excise duty in the Budget. The increase in prices will affect the company's models ranging from small car M800 to mid-sized sedan SX4. "There has been an average increase in prices of our vehicles by 1.75 per cent after the Budget," MSI Managing Executive...
01:36 PM, Mar 25, 2012
Out of the 15 million cars sold in India, Maruti Suzuki sells 10 million of them. That's the level of market share this manufacturer has in the Indian market. But in the MUV segment, Maruti dosen't have a strong vehicle. And this segment accounts for 14 per cent of the industry. More and more customers are looking to upgrade from a premium hatchback and this is the space which Maruti...
05:43 PM, Mar 23, 2012
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